GRE Word List

AVOCATION

a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby

The meaning of the word avocation is a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby.

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perturbto cause to be worried or upset : disquiet
inherentinvolved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic
rancorbitter deep-seated ill will
titterto laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle
obituarya notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account
obtrudeto thrust out : extrude
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
concertedmutually contrived or agreed on
prostratestretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission
dregssediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate